| African citril | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: | Crithagra |
| Species: | C. citrinelloides |
| Binomial name | |
| Crithagra citrinelloides (Rüppell, 1840) | |
| Synonyms | |
Serinus citrinelloides | |
TheAfrican citril (Crithagra citrinelloides), also known as theAbyssinian citril, is a species offinch. It is found fromEthiopia,Eritrea to westernKenya. It is closely related to thewestern andsouthern citril, to which it was formerly consideredconspecific.
The African citril was formerly placed in thegenusSerinus but phylogenetic analysis usingmitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus waspolyphyletic.[2] The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the African citril were moved to the resurrected genusCrithagra.[3][4]
This bird was studied in theDegua Tembien massif, and observed to be a breeding resident of woodland edges, scrubland and forest edges.[5]
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